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STEVE JIMENEZ MEMORIAL SPECIAL RECOGNITION AWARDS

Steve Jimenez Memorial Special Recognition Awards

2009 Awards
2008 Awards
2007 Awards
2006 Awards
2005 Awards


Honorees Announced for the 2009 Steve Jimenez Special Recognition Awards

The Executive Committee of the State Bar’s Workers’ Compensation Section has established an annual Recognition Awards program to recognize outstanding attorneys and judges who have made significant recent or lifetime contributions to the workers’ compensation community. This year's reception will be held:

Friday, September 11
6 p.m. 7:30 p.m.
Randall Foyer & Terrace, The Grand Hyatt
San Diego, CA

The 2009 Honorees:

Honorable Linda J. Morgan

Dennis J. Hannigan

  • Judge of the Year: Honorable Linda J. Morgan (pictured left)

  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Michael W. Laughlin, San Francisco (pictured left bottom)

  • Applicant Attorney of the Year: J. Bruce Sutherland, San Jose (pictured right top)

  • Defense Attorney of the Year: Robert J. Succa, San Francisco (pictured right bottom)

Linda Atcherley

Jim Libien


2008 Awards

The 2008 Honorees:

Honorable Joel Harter

Dennis J. Hannigan

  • Judge of the Year: Honorable Joel Harter, Sacramento (pictured left)
  • Lifetime Achievement Award: Dennis J. Hannigan, WCAB Deputy Commissioner, San Francisco (pictured left bottom)
  • Applicant Attorney of the Year: Linda Atcherley, San Diego (pictured right top)
  • Defense Attorney of the Year: Jim Libien, Oakland (pictured right bottom)

Linda Atcherley

Jim Libien


2007 Awards

The 2007 Honorees:

Honorable Mark Kahn Judge of the Year:
Honorable Mark Kahn
Van Nuys

Harold L. GreeneLifetime Achievement Award:
Harold L. Greene
Woodland Hills

Gordon R. GainesLifetime Achievement Award:
Gordon R. Gaines
Berkeley
Charles Lawrence SwezeyLifetime Achievement Award:
Charles Lawrence Swezey
Palo Alto

Marguerite Sweeney EdralinApplicant Attorney of the Year:
Marguerite Sweeney Edralin
Redding

Richard E. GuilfordDefense Attorney of the Year:
Richard E. Guilford
Anaheim


2006 Awards

The 2006 Honorees:

Hon. Bertram Cohen Judge of the Year:
Honorable Bertram Cohen
Presiding Workers' Compensation Judge
WCAB Stockton

Melvin S. WittLifetime Achievement Award:
Melvin S. Witt
California Workers' Compensation Reporter
Berkeley

Gary NelsonApplicant Attorney of the Year:
Gary Nelson
Jones, Cochrane et al .Modesto

Saul Allweiss Defense Attorney of the Year:
Saul Allweiss
Law Offices of Saul Allweiss
Tarzana


2005 Awards

The 2005 Honorees:
Judge of the Year:
Susan V. Hamilton
Presiding Workers' Compensation WCAB
San Francisco

Applicant Attorney of the Year:
Arthur L. Johnson
Butts & Johnson, San  Jose

Defense Attorney of the Year:

Clifford D. Sweet, III
Heggeness & Sweet, A.P.C., San Diego

Lifetime Achievement Award Co-recipients:

Eugene Treaster
Law Offices of Eugene Treaster, Sacramento

Marvin N. Shapiro
Rose, Klein & Marias, Los Angeles

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